~ All Christians Are
Incredibly Wealthy ~
Riches of Mercy (not
receiving negatives we deserve) ~ “But God, who is rich
in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we
were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have
been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the
heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the
exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. For by
grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the
gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. For we are His workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should
walk in them” (Ephesians 2:4-10).
Riches of Grace (receiving
positives we don’t deserve) ~ “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the
riches of His grace which He made to abound toward us in all wisdom and
prudence, having made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His
good pleasure which He purposed in Himself, that in the dispensation of the
fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven and which
are on earth — in Him. In Him also we
have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him
who works all things according to the counsel of His will, that we who first
trusted in Christ should be to the praise of His glory” (Ephesians
1:7-12).
Riches of Goodness
~ “Do
you despise the riches of His goodness,
forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?” (Romans
2:4).
Riches of Glory
~ “That
He might make known the riches of His
glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,
even us whom He called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles?” (Romans
9:23-24). “For
this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family
in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might
through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts
through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to
comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and
height — to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be
filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:14-19). “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by
Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19).
Riches of God
~ “Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom
and knowledge of God! How
unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!” (Romans
11:33).
There is an
abundance of wealth in those few passages of Scripture. If you are a Christian you are incredibly wealthy! “The Spirit Himself
bears witness with our spirit that we are
children of God, and if children, then heirs — heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with
Him, that we may also be glorified together” (Romans
8:16-17).
Note: This is a modification of a previous ALN post
by this same title (January 8, 2014).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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